| Geneva Study Bible Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not {e} account of any of his matters. (e) The cause of his judgments is not always declared to man. Wesley's Notes 33:13 He - Useth not to give an account to his creatures of the grounds and reasons of his judgments or dispensations as being the supreme governor of all persons and things, in whose will it becometh all men to acquiesce. King James Translators' Notes he giveth...: Heb. he answereth not Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 13. (Isa 45:9). his matters-ways. Our part is, not to "strive" with God, but to submit. To believe it is right because He does it, not because we see all the reasons for His doing it. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 33:8-13 Elihu charges Job with reflecting upon the justice and goodness of God. When we hear any thing said to God's dishonour, we ought to bear our testimony against it. Job had represented God as severe in marking what he did amiss. Elihu urges that he had spoken wrong, and that he ought to humble himself before God, and by repentance to unsay it. God is not accountable to us. It is unreasonable for weak, sinful creatures, to strive with a God of infinite wisdom, power, and goodness. He acts with perfect justice, wisdom, and goodness, where we cannot perceive it. | 
